What this touches in markets

Stored closes for the instruments tied to this story's tags and places, with their dates.

• WTI Crude Oil closed at 104.12, up 2.08%, on 2026-10-30. Listed for: Persian Gulf / Strait of Hormuz.
• Brent Crude Oil closed at 117.64, up 2.40%, on 2026-10-30. Listed for: Persian Gulf / Strait of Hormuz.

• WTI Crude Oil rose 2.08% to 104.12 while Diesel and Heating Oil (ULSD) rose 1.15% to 4.791, a spread 3.0 standard deviations above its 60 session average. Same window, a stored story: Iran Army says another oil tanker catches fire after striking mines east of Hormuz Stored for the 2026-11-02 session.
• WTI Crude Oil rose 2.88% to 102.78 while Diesel and Heating Oil (ULSD) rose 0.84% to 4.815, a spread 3.1 standard deviations above its 60 session average. Same window, a stored story: Iran's Guards give conflicting accounts of American drone over Strait of Hormuz Stored for the 2026-10-29 session.
• WTI Crude Oil fell 0.76% to 102.00 while Diesel and Heating Oil (ULSD) fell 1.64% to 4.736, a spread 3.1 standard deviations above its 60 session average. Same window, a stored story: Iran's Guards report tankers ablaze in Hormuz as UK agency cites small-boat explosives Stored for the 2026-10-30 session.